This entry is based upon the following news article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31176525/ns/us_news-life. Basic summary: States are considering adopting "official languages", and measures to force Congress to do the same.
I have little to say about this that is not already said in the article. The only thing that needs to be pointed out is that "freedom of speech" includes the freedom not to say anything, or not to communicate. I thought this country was about the freedom to express oneself however one wished, in whatever language one wished. Maybe that's why no official language has been adopted.
I don't think the Framers of the Bill of Rights wanted the government to tell people what they can and cannot say, what religion to practice, or what language to use in parlance. It has already been established that there is no fundamental right to receive notices in a person's native language. English is widely-accepted as the language of business and government in the United States. Do we really need to violate the First Amendment to cement that?
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